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Gen Digital Inc. GEN
$21.99 -1.17% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $13.16B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.72, up 77.3% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +2.3%).
- Net debt is 3.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth57Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Quality66Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 23%
- Gross marginTop 14%
- Operating marginTop 3%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Interest coverTop 49%
Value91Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 24%
Momentum37Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 47%
- 6-month returnBottom 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 31%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Revisions34Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 42%
Stability73Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 27.1% | 20.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 51.9% | 77.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 79.8% | 78.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 38.8% | 42.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 31.9% | 30.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.2% | 27.1% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 77.3% | 51.9% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| Gross margin | 78.0% | 79.8% | ↓ | Top 14% |
| Operating margin | 42.1% | 38.8% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 14.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 30.5% | 31.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.2% | — | Top 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.7% | — | Top 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.49×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +0.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.54%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.90%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $26.50
- Target vs current price
- +20.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +3.0% | +0.5% | +2.5% | +9.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +3.1% | +3.2% | +19.1% | +35.6% | +44.0% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +1.6% | -2.2% | +7.6% | -1.4% | -15.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +1.6% | -1.5% | +4.5% | +4.7% | -13.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +6.7% | -1.5% | +12.1% | +2.9% | -9.1% |
| May 6, 2025 | +1.7% | -0.2% | +12.8% | +11.9% | +14.4% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1.8% | +0.9% | -0.4% | -1.3% | -8.6% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +0.2% | -0.7% | +5.2% | +14.0% | +2.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.71 | $0.69 | +3.0% | $1.34B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.67 | $0.65 | +3.1% | $1.28B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.63 | +1.6% | $1.24B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.61 | +1.6% | $1.22B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.64 | $0.60 | +6.7% | $1.26B |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.58 | +1.7% | $1.01B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.56 | $0.55 | +1.8% | $986.0M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.54 | $0.54 | +0.2% | $974.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.8× | 20.3× | 19th | Top 5% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.0× | — | — | Top 9% |
| EV / Sales | 4.09× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.76% | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | 7.82% | — | — | Top 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.9× – 33.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -21.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +77.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -48.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -21.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.6%
- RSI (14)
- 28.3
- Relative volume
- 1.03×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.90
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2022 | May 16, 2023 | -49.7% | 317 days | 386 days (Nov 26, 2024) |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Apr 10, 2026 | -44.4% | 165 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -25.9% | 84 days | 86 days (Aug 12, 2025) |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 | -17.8% | 15 days | 49 days (Feb 9, 2021) |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -16.9% | 121 days | 47 days (Feb 8, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $13.16B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.08B
- Dividend yield
- 2.27%
- 52-week range
- $17.78 – $31.65
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.80B | $3.32B | $3.80B | $3.94B | $5.00B |
| Gross profit | $2.39B | $2.73B | $3.07B | $3.16B | $3.92B |
| Operating income | $1.00B | $1.21B | $1.11B | $1.61B | $2.15B |
| Net income | $836.0M | $1.33B | $607.0M | $643.0M | $973.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.41 | $2.16 | $0.95 | $1.03 | $1.57 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $974.0M | $986.0M | $1.01B | $1.26B | $1.22B | $1.24B | $1.28B | $1.34B |
| Net income | $161.0M | $159.0M | $142.0M | $135.0M | $134.0M | $192.0M | $512.0M | $215.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.26 | $0.26 | $0.23 | $0.22 | $0.21 | $0.31 | $0.84 | $0.36 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $974.0M | $757.0M | $2.06B | $1.22B | $1.54B |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$6.0M | -$20.0M | -$15.0M | -$22.0M |
| Free cash flow | $968.0M | $751.0M | $2.04B | $1.21B | $1.52B |
| Dividends paid | -$303.0M | -$314.0M | -$323.0M | -$313.0M | -$312.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $14.0M | -$904.0M | -$429.0M | -$261.0M | -$621.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $564.0M
- Total assets
- $15.64B
- Total liabilities
- $12.99B
- Total debt
- $8.18B
- Net debt
- $7.61B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.66B
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $0.13 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $0.13 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.13 | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.13 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.13 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.13 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.13 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $0.13 | Dec 11, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 35,363,686
- Days to cover
- 6.79
- Change vs previous report
- +1.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 4, 2013
- 10-for-11
- Dec 24, 2012
- 6-for-1
- Apr 12, 2011
- 10-for-1
- Dec 1, 2004
- 2-for-1
- Nov 20, 2003
- 2-for-1